this is fox 5 news at 10:00. a dramatic standoff between a bank robber and police playing out on live tv. now for the first time one of the bank employees is opening up about what happened inside. >> are the boy scouts of america about to pull a 180?

why the organization may reverse its controversial stance of excluding gay scouts and troop leaders. >> and get ready for a weather roller coaster ride. we're about to get a taste of spring and the possibility of snow all within a few days. thanks for joining us tonight tonight at 10:00. i'm shawn yancy. >> i'm brian bolter. we begin with the dramatic standoff between a bank robber and police that unfolded live on our air two years ago today. >> tonight one of the employees held hostage inside that bank is sharing her story for the first time. she sat down with fox 5's lauren demarco for this exclusive interview. >> before we saw this scene the gunman emerging from the bank hostage in hand he had spent about an hour inside the building terrorizing the staff who just arrived for their shift. diana vera's desk was inside an office in the bank. she describes the day that she will never forget and how it has impacted her life. [ sirens ] >> i'm hearing gunfire.

let's lock those doors. we need to lock those doors. >> all right. we are following breaking news right now. >> the live coverage was terrifying. a gunman holding a bank teller hostage outside of the capital one in takoma park, maryland. in a matter of minutes two years of that frightening morning bank employee diana vera is still recovering from the traumatic experience. >> it totally changed my life. >> she was in her office just to the right of the front door when the suspect walked in. she immediately sensed something was wrong. >> it had snowed that week. normally our customers would take off their hats and gloves and this person didn't. that's what caught my eye. >> moments later 43-year-old carlos espinoza pulled out a gun and demanding cash. diana was the only one present who spoke spanish and who could communicate with him. >> a lot of people say it's a cliche, but your life literally does pass before your eyes. >> she says he yanked her by

the hair and put a gun to her head. >> there are times i still feel, you know, that piece of metal. >> diana says she will never forget the chilling words he said. >> do as i say and you won't get killed. that really struck with me. i kept repeating to him i have a grandson. i have a grandson. >> as employees scrambled to bring the robber a bag filled with cash police began arriving at the scene. >> he first saw we were surrounded, so i thought he would just kind of shoot me, shoot the other girl and shoot himself because he was not getting out of there. >> fortunately none of the victims lost their lives. espinoza grabbed a bank teller. he held a gun to her head and walked her outside, but when he slipped on a patch of ice, she took off running. police shot and killed him on

the spot. diana says it was the thought of her family that helped her get through the ideal, but ironically in the days and months that followed diana's trauma took a toll on her children as well. >> i was nonaffectionate. i was enclosed in my room. it affects everybody that's close to you. >> she didn't leave her house for three months. >> checking the windows making sure he's not out there where in my mind i know he's dead. they had to defend, you know, us, you know, and that's the only way they could do it, but i still feel sometimes that he's present. >> diana has not been able to return to this area since the incident two years ago. she still works for the bank, but she's been relocated to an office where she no longer works with the public. diana says she's still seeking closure. >> god forgive me for saying this, but i have not been able

to forgive him. little by little i've tried to let go and it's been very hard. there are times where your mood is great, you're moving on and there are times where the days are not so great. >> she's found focusing on helping others through charity work to be therapeutic and she doesn't take anything for granted. >> our lives could have ended that day, but god said no. you're staying down there. you still have some work i need you to get done and that's what i'm doing, doing the best i can. >> lauren demarco, fox 5 news. >> diana and the other employees including the teller you see in the chopper video kept in touch for the first few months but have since gone their separate ways. as a mother of three and grandmother who still works a full-time job, diana was very much in control of her life and she says the hardest thing for her was that complete loss of

control of having a gun to her head and she still is working to get over that. >> she's been through so much. we understand she's also working to help other people who are in her shoes as well. >> yes. she says therapy and support from family members goes a long way, but she also thinks that she would have benefited from the understanding and guidance from someone who had gone through a similar experience, so she's now looking into starting up a support group for survivors of traumatic experiences. >> thank you. another bank robbery, this one in silver spring. it happened in the 11000 block of georgia avenue this afternoon. montgomery county police say a man walked into this capital one bank and walked out with cash. no one was hurt. tonight police are still investigating. a news alert out of virginia, jury deliberations will resume tomorrow in the trial of a former culpeper police officer charged with murder. daniel harmon-wright is accused of kill bag trisha cook last february. the injure -- killing patricia cook last february. the jury got the case this

afternoon. harmon-wright testified in his own defense last friday, told jurors when he attempted to question cook while she was sitting in her car, she rolled up the window, trapped his car and tried to drive away. other witnesses have disputed this version of events. closing arguments in the anne arundel county executive trial of john leopold. two doctors and the personnel for the county testified. the defense contend leopold suffered from crippling back pain in 2010 when he is accused of using his police detail to run personal and political errand. prosecutors say leopold defrauded taxpayers. another big story tonight, the boy scouts of america may be making some major changes. the organization is considering ending its ban on gay scouts and leaders. final decision could come as early as next week. fox's jonathan hunt has more. >> if they ever found out that you were homosexual that you would lose your vigil and the

order of the arrow. >> reporter: the boy scouts of america in a stunning reversal from their age old policy against admitting gays and lesbians saying their future scouts honor and sexual orientation won't be in question if their board agrees to loosen its restrictions. in a statement released monday saying in part, "this would mean there would no longer be any national policy regarding sexual orientation. the group's restriction now prevents what scout rules call open or avowed homosexuals from participating as scouts or scout leaders. the enactment comes after years of nationwide protests over their no gays policy. in 2000 the supreme court upheld their ban. one former eagle scout reacting to the possible reversal. >> there appears to be a step in the right direction. to deny one young boy or young man the opportunity to be in

community with the others, it's just so sad. >> reporter: the new policy would leave it up to local scout troops and found sponsors, the conservative family research council accusing the boy scouts of bowing to the strong armed tactics of activists saying if the board capitulates to the bullying of homosexual activists, the boy scouts' legacy of producing great leaders will become yet another casualty of moral compromise. change could come as soon as next week after the organization's board holds its annual meeting. jonathan hunt, fox news. >> we asked our facebook friends what they think about the boy scouts ending the ban on gays. 50% think it's a good idea. 40% do not. 10% are undecided. we got off to a frozen start with some seriously slippery conditions this morning, cleared out for the day, but what's in store for tomorrow? sue palka in the fox 5 weather center. >> for the first time in

several nights it does not look like the area will be below freezing. we expect no problems tomorrow, although there is a little bit of fog out there, but you'll be surprised when you see these temperatures and by the way, the range in temperatures because d.c. is 44 degrees. that is typical for our average high for the day, but get down to fredericksburg it's 54 and then look up toward frederick and it's 36 degrees. so we have an 18-degree spread. tomorrow we may also have some similar temperatures challenges because we still have the wedge of cold air hanging on in the north and east while it's definitely breaking to our south of the raleigh and richmond and pittsburgh are all 50. so we're surrounded by warmer air that wants to try to move on in. check out temperatures overnight. we're not going to be slipping below freezing. d.c. about 38 degrees, some areas of fog, but most places not that cold. in fact, i think the coldest reading we'll find is frederick with that overnight low of 34.

we've got everything in the forecast this week including a nice change to warmer weather, a bit of a break. that. , we're going to see temperatures surging over the next couple days, but also that strong frontal boundary that you see coming is going to be game changer. so between the warmer temperatures we have and the mile night on tap tonight at 38 degrees we'll also have to be talking about heavy thunderstorms, possibly severe and snow showers, brian, all in the span of a few days. we'll show you that seven-day forecast from accuweather coming up. congress has passed a new bill to help victims of hurricane sandy. the bill would provide $50.5 billion in emergency relief, at least $16 billion to be given to state and local governments through grants of the housing and urban development department it. will now move to president obama's desk for signature. the storm killed 140 causing billions of dollars in property damage. coming up next a nasty norovirus bug invades the d.c.

area, what you need to know to keep your family healthy. >> a witness described it as opening the gates of hell, new details about the horrific nightclub fire that killed more than 200 people including the safety codes that were ignored. >> coming up on the news edge at 11:00 a divided country on the gun control debate, those for and against stricter gun laws, the latest on the president's plight to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. >> keep it right here. fox 5 news at 10:00 is just getting started.  there is no mass produced human.

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the worst flu season in years giving way to another highly contagious infection, a new strain of the norovirus. so far thousands of people across country including hundreds in our area have been sickened accident fox 5's maureen umeh with the details. >> this strain of the norovirus is sometimes called stomach flu, but it's really a respiratory infection. victims suffer from severe diarrhea and vomiting with symptoms that could last up to three days. what a difference a week makes

mom and 13-year-old noah on the mend after a bout of the norovirus. >> it came on very violently. i just sort of lost control and it was a lot worse than what i had experienced in the past. >> reporter: she thought it was food poisoning but found out otherwise when the infection landed her in the emergency room the first night. >> there was this nausea, vomiting. it went on for about 12 hours and i wound up dehydrated. >> reporter: two days later noah got sick, too. >> my stomach was bubbling a lot. i threw up a couple times and i was just in the bed, like my stomach really hurt. >> reporter: what the morrises had is what doctors say is a new strain of a highly contagious norovirus called the sydney strain because it started in australia and has caused outbreaks around the world. it's spread easily through direct contact at work, school or other enclosed areas. >> i'm a real estate agent

shaking hands all day. it's so easy to transmit. i wasn't surprised at all. >> reporter: symptoms include stomach page, vomiting and diarrhea -- pain, vomiting and i do re, why chills, body ache and fatigue. -- diarrhea, chills, body ache and fatigue. wash your hands frequently. disinfect areas when someone gets sick and if you come down with the stomach flu, drink plenty of liquids. that's what this mother and son did now feeling much better after their battle with the norovirus. >> noah and i got it out of a family of four. so i'm keeping my fingers crossed that my husband and daughter don't wind up sick. >> as usual, young children and elderly adults have the highest risk for severe illness. the cdc says it is too early to know if this new strain of norovirus will lead to more outbreaks. >> at least 16 people in five states -- at least 16 people in five states have suffered salmonella food poisoning linked to beef.

in michigan seven people ate a raw ground beef dish last month at a detroit restaurant. health officials say consumers shouldn't eat uncooked meat. the cases have been linked to last week's recall of more than 1,000 pounds of ground beef from two michigan businesseses. the very latest on a developing story in -- businesses. the very latest on a developing story in brazil, families and friends gathering to remember loved ones killed in a party in santa maria. more than 230 people died and hundreds more hurt, fox 5's will thomas following the developments. >> good evening. many victims were under the age of 20 and some were minors. investigators say acoustic tomorrow insulation on the ceiling of that club caught fire. hot ash started falling onto the dance floor and that's when panic set in and thousands of people all at once tried to get out. chaos outside a tiny brazilian nightclub called kiss sunday night. the last known images from

inside minutes earlier show the stage lit up by a small pyrotechnique show as the band played. suddenly flames engulfed the ceiling. according to survivors, concertgoers were stampeding towards the club's only exit pushing and shoving each other trying to get out. police say security guards briefly tried to block people from leaving thinking they were trying to skip out on their bar tabs. brazilian bars routinely make you pay the entire tab at the end of the night of the investigators think the club was overcrowded and the use of pyrotechniques wasn't supposed to happen. translator: the law says that a club like that has to have all the protective equipment. the people there did not have it. 1 has to be responsible for -- someone has to be responsible for that. >> reporter: the first of many funerals are beginning. fire officials believe most of the victims died from smoke inhalation even before the flames reached them and they say many died being trampled in the rush to the exits. translator: we can't believe

this. this is something that left its mark on the city and will leave its mark for a long time to come. it's an enormous tragedy, very big. >> the story has startling similarities to 2003 in rhode island when the band great white took the stage at the station nightclub. in that tragic case pyrotechniques set fire to flammable soundproofing tomorrow. concertgoers frantically tried to escape and many didn't, just like the heartbreaking stories we're hearing out of brazil. 100 people died. since then rhode island has introduced haws to avoid a similar tragedy -- laws to avoid a similar tragedy including sprinkler laws on businesses. >> that club had double the maximum capacity when the fire broke out. piles of bodies were discovered in barrel and it's believed the bathroom door was -- in the bathroom and it's believed the bathroom door was confused with

an exit. police are looking for the fourth person in connection with a fire. it happened to be the last weekend of summer break for many of those students. a long time maryland legislator hurt in a fire thursday night has died. 80 clearly christine jones died saturday at a baltimore -- 83- year-old christine jones died saturday at a baltimore hospital. she was found thursday inside her home after a fire. in her final year she was the assistant floor leader for house democrats. d.c. has a lot of extra doe. the city is about to announce it has a surplus of more than $400 million. what will it do with all that cash? the story straight ahead. also ahead. >> reporter: it looks like a snake, swims like a fish, but would you eat it? i'm karen gray houston in georgetown where they're kicking off a campaign to help get a monstrous predator out of the potomac. 

when it comes to money, the d.c. government is in great shape. in fact, the mayor is expected to announce tomorrow the district has a surplus of more than $400 million. the question now is what to do with it? fox 5's matt ackland takes a look at the debate over what to do with the surplus. >> mayor gray is expected to announce tuesday where this extra cash came from. an insider says it's over $400 million. so what do you do with all that extra money? >> give it to the people that really need it. >> reporter: calvin mcintosh and many others believe social services should benefit from the surplus. >> we don't believe the city has to save of penny. >> reporter: some believe the district should focus the extra cash on those who need it most. the district is growing, but affordable housing is a big issue and widespread poverty remains a problem. >> there are a lot of our residents that are still struggling. so it's really important that

we use some of the additional resources to make some of those investments in programs that will really help everybody succeed. >> reporter: but council member jack evans says save the extra cash. the $400 million would bring the overall in the bank savings account for d.c. to $1.6 billion. >> the magic of 1.6, it gives us two months of expenditures in the bank and that's what wall street looks at what they're determining ratings. >> reporter: the mayor is likely to side with council member evans. one reason is the possible cutbacks in government spending on capitol hill. if that happens, the extra cash will be needed. >> but it would be the responsible thing to do. >> reporter: things can get much better when it comes to the district's finances in the future. tax revenue is expected to go up. some estimate as much as $200 million. in the newsroom matt ackland, fox 5 news. d.c. officials turned down donald trump's request for a tax break. trump's organization will be

required to pay millions of local property taxes to redevelop the old post office. trump and his daughter asked if the district would forego taxes to facilitate redevelopment, but the mayor and the council said no. a major change to immigration laws in the works now and it has the thumbs up from both political parties. we'll break it down coming up next. >> also ahead a developing story overseas, the clues that could lead police to an american woman missing in turkey.

this is fox 5 news at 10:00. a major announcement on capitol hill today could reshape the debate on immigration. a group of bipartisan lawmakers have agreed on an immigration reform deal. the center piece, a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: in place known for more conflict than compromise, a bipartisan announcement to overhaul

immigration laws. >> americans overwhelmly oppose illegal immigration and support legal immigration. >> reporter: their proposals would set up a process for illegal immigrants to become u.s. citizens and increases in border security that are tracking for immigrants here on visas, green cards for people who earn advance degrees and creating an immigration verification status system for employers who cannot find u.s. citizens to fill jobs. >> we have been too content for too long to allow individuals to mow our lawn, serve our food, clean our homes and even watch our children while not affording them any of the benefits that make our country so great. >> if i want to secure the nation, i cannot secure the nation unless i know who is here to pursue the american dream versus who might be here to do it harm. >> reporter: in the 2012 election 71% of latino votes went to president obama.

florida republican senator marco rubio a possible 2016 presidential candidate was a key member of this senate reform team. >> we also have to ensure that we don't do anything that encourages people to come here illegally in the future, but by the same token we are dealing with 11 million human beings. >> reporter: for its part the white house welcomed the deal. president obama will travel to nevada tuesday to lay out his vision which overlaps with the senate version. >> the president believes that it's very important that we move forward on comprehensive immigration reform. it's the right thing to do for the country. >> reporter: passage is widely expected in the senate, but the roadblock could come in the house. the rep conservatives have voiced concern -- republican conservatives have voiced concerns about creating paths to citizenships before holes in u.s. border security are closed. in an effort to gather more republican support for these proposals the path to citizenship has some stopgaps built into it. the senators say they will not allow those portions of the reforms to move forward until

goals on border security are met. in the newsroom tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin joins us now to help break this down even more. we know this is a bipartisan group of lawmakers besides marco rubio, who are the other key players? >> yes. john mccain who is the standard bearer of the republican party who in 2007 tried to do something and it failed in the senate. jeff flake, a new freshman senator from arizona, formerly a house member, and finally for regional distribution lindsey graham, not a raving liberal, another republican from south carolina. so the real component of this that makes it special is that it is bipartisan and it has some very important republican names, especially in the senate. >> it's nice to see them working together for a change, but i got a question. do you think this shows a new

willingness by the mainstream gop to compromise especially following their huge defeat in november? >> i think more than anything something tom brought out, 71% and in the shows went for president obama. mitt romney did worse than john mccain did amongst hispanics. you remember the talk about self-deportation. john mccain said it over the weekend saying look, we can't win nationally. republicans can't win nationally if we're perceived as anti-hispanic and that's the than republicans now get. >> -- and that's the rap that republicans now get. >> we've heard opposition calling this amnesty or essentially allowing illegal activity. how likely do you think this is to pass both houses? >> this is a set of principles where the eight senators came through. the devil is always in the details in the legislation and the key stumbling block is when or how do you measure whether

they've made the necessary security border guarantees so they can go forward? but this is a break-through saying 11 million people who are here illegally we're going to create a path way to citizenship. we're going to be tough on allowing any more illegal immigration and let's see if house republicans and for that matter, some house democrats buy that compromise. >> we know the president was criticized a bit last year for not pushing this forward fast enough. how committed is he to this plan? >> he said over the weekend to a group of hispanic leaders that this is his no. 1 legislative priority. >> all right. fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin, thanks so much for coming in. >> thanks, shawn. a developing story in turkey tonight, a new york city woman missing after traveling overseas alone. sarai sierra never made it to

her flight. they're looking at security camera footage from the area where she stayed. the 33-year-old made the trip alone after a friend canceled the last minute. >> it's hard having to leave my kids behind, but this is their mom. this is my wife. this is my girl of so many years. >> her husband and her brother are traveling to istanbul to help with the search. a washington redskins player left hawaii after a bar fight kept him out of the pro bowl. trent williams was reportedly hit in the head with a champagne bottle and shocked with a stun gun. williams does not face charges, but he needed stitches. the nfl kept him on the sidelines for the game. he got to keep his pro bowl status and pay. it's not what you'd expect to see on the menu, why an event tonight featured a snake fish entree. >> and a truck flips over and almost hits a biker, the story behind this incredible video

coming up next. toyota passes gm again. the japanese automaker is officially the top car company in the world selling more than 9.7 million vehicles last year. toyota first overtook gm in 2008 but lost that lead two years ago when a tsunami in japan closed down some of its factories. meantime there's a sale at j.c. penney's again, one year after the struggling retailer got a new ceo and ditched all discount sales in favor of a low pricing plan, it's bringing the sales back. turns out a lot of shoppers went away when the discounts went away. barnes & noble is closing the books on a lot of its stores. amid the surging popularity of e books the company saying it could shut down 1/3 of its locations over the next 10 years and that investment in college may not be paying off right now. a new study shows nearly half of working americans who graduated from a university have a job that does not require a four-year degree. that's business. i'm dennis neil. 

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maryland state fishery experts and a local seafood wholesaler are teaming up to

fight the explosive growth of a monstrous growth in the potomac. they're thinning out the population of the dreaded snake head fish and it may require human intervention. >> reporter: tony and joe's seafood place in georgetown, not where you'd expect to find the infamous chinese snake head fish. >> you'll have to describe what the people are eating. >> reporter: at a special benefit fair some of our area's most prominent chefs showed off their skis at making snake fish palatable. maryland state natural resource officials and seafood wholesaler pro fish are kicking off a campaign to raise awareness about an invasive species that's become a local nuisance. >> they're what we call an apex predator, top of the food chain, go after everything and they have no natural predators themselves. >> reporter: they are not a pretty fish. >> they have fins like a regular fish and they can breathe out of water. so they're since in mud slithering like a snake or

they're out of the water. so that's where they got the connotation they can walk. >> reporter: here's a novel idea, knock down their population size by serving them up for dinner. >> this is one of our strategies to get rid of them and get them out of the water. >> reporter: nfl hall of famer and former redskin john riggins was down with the program there to tape a segment of his tv show riggo on the range. >> joe thiesmann is calling the plays. >> reporter: he agrees there maybe only one way to reduce the snake fish population. >> i think it's a great way to deal with it. as the slogan goes, if you can't beat it, eat it. >> reporter: chad wells, executive chef at the rockfish in annapolis has a special recipe. >> i took some snake heads, took the skin off and bones out of it and i marinated it in chimi cherry which is a parsley and vinegar,%ly sauce. >> reporter: it looks a lot

better -- vinegar and a base saw was. >> reporter: it looks a lot better without that ugly head on it. for now you can only get snake head at a handful of local restaurants, but it may be coming to a seafood market near you soon. karen gray houston, fox 5 news, in georgetown. >> did she say it tastes like chicken? >> she said i was going to chicken. >> a brave soul. >> i think it probably has a better chance of starring in a sci-fi movie with that face. >> i'd be surprised what sea bass look -- you'd be surprised what sea bass looks like. let's talk about that forecast, a bit warmer soon. >> warmer weather for a brief hint of spring, couple days, and then we're back to some cold stump, but i'll take two days, nice to get a break and maybe some less dry air in here. what we had going on this

morning, a lot of two-hour delays because there was a touch of freezing rain and sleet around the region. that won't repeat tonight. sorry, kids, you won't get to sleep in tomorrow morning or parents or teachers. we're staying above freezing tonight. there may be a few areas of fog. it does not look like the fog will be real widespread. it is a hint of spring the next two days. most places should get into the 50s tomorrow and mid-60s, maybe some places pushing 70 wednesday. here's the tradeoff, not a lot of sun and there will be some rain and maybe even thunderstorms around wednesday evening and into the overnight hours. some of those storms could be severe and then after that strong front goes through thursday into the weekend we're colder again. there could be some snow showers floating around. that's why we've got a little bit of everything in this forecast here for this last week of january. for tomorrow 54 degrees, more clouds than sun, perhaps a little fog to start the day. i also have to say some of you might not get to 54 because there's still a little wedge of

colder air trying to hang in especially north and east, but wednesday as a very strong front approaches, we think mid- 60s will be doable in the afternoon and again down to our south, some places near 70 and the evidence of that showing up on the high temperature map today, d.c. only 44 and the colder air lingering in boston at 31. you get to nashville, the high temperature today was 60 degrees. it was 74 in st. louis, how about that? big spike for january. 74 for wichita, 79 dallas and behind that more cold air. so the cold air out west, we'll get a little bit of that warm stuff pushed our direction. today we had some showers lingering and up to our north boston getting a little snow and freezing rain for new york as well. we are clearing out. we do have some clouds that will hang tough. i don't think we'll see anything more in the way of precipitation, but tomorrow night there could be a spot of drizzle because this kind of wedge of cold air tries to hang out a little bit at night. temperature now still 44 degrees. it's been stuck at that a

number of hours. so it hasn't dropped. fredericksburg is 53 degrees, winchester 52. we are surrounded by air trying to warm up as the warm front moves through the region, but some of you might not get so lucky. it may stay 34 degrees in frederick tonight, 38 38 d.c. and a little fog here and there. this warm front might keep you in the mason dixon area a little chill her. sometimes these warm fronts take -- chillier. sometimes these warm fronts take forever to come through. here is our strong front wednesday, pushes a lot of warm air direction and will fire up a line of thunderstorms because there's cold air behind this one. as that cold frontal boundary pushes on through there's even the risk that some of the thunderstorms we see wednesday night into the first part of thursday in the overnight hours could be strong to severe with heavy rain and also very strong winds. we're expecting a pretty severe

weather outbreak tomorrow night across louisiana and arkansas. we'll see how that pans out. for wednesday morning clouds around, maybe a touch of fog here and there. pausing this wednesday jump ahead till 5:00 wednesday and look at the squall line from all the way through pennsylvania down into virginia and even into the carolinas. what does that do to us? it holds together according to our futurecast for friday evening, swings through by wednesday night and then back in the colder stuff to end the week. your fox 5 accuweather seven- day forecast, enjoy the milder temperatures, a little hint of spring and as we close out january and say hello to february, we've got groundhog day on tap, 37 degrees we think for saturday. super bowl is sunday. i think new orleans will be in the 70s. we'll be in the 30s, good thing we're not doing it here. there could be snow showers into thursday and friday, but we don't think it will be anything real heavy at this point, but back to the cold stuff by the end of the week.

>> thanks, sue. spiking of the super bowl -- speaking of the super bowl that is the face of the ravens, franchise linebacker ray lewis talking to the thousands of fans who showed up for a super bowl sendoff rally in baltimore. lewis is retiring the end of this season. he says he plans to bring back the super bowl trophy to charm city. >> did this in 2000 and we're not going to new orleans for nothing else but to bring back another ring back to baltimore where it belongs. we love you. we love you. we love you. we're going to give you everything we got. baltimore, we love you. >> after the rally the team flew to new orleans. super bowl xlvii will be played this sunday. the ravens are facing the nfc champs, san francisco 49ers. even if you aren't a die hard ravens or 49ers fan, you're likely to cheer for one team over the other. fox 5's beth parker found out many people in our region who follow other teams during the

regular season plan to cheer for the ravens on sunday. >> reporter: on the surface this man can seem a little conflicted. on the wall of his northwest office there's a photo of d.c. right next to it a picture of the empire state building in his native new york. >> first brooklyn and then queens. >> reporter: steve strauss is a new yorker transplanted to d.c., but his football liabilities lie somewhere in between. he grew up a giants fan. when he came here -- >> i would actually go to a few games at rfk stadium and every time i did i would try to root for the redskins but wound up not. >> reporter: eventually he rallied around the baltimore ravens. he bought season tickets to home games in 1999. >> i would go to bars and i'd see redskins jerseys all over and there are other bars in this area that are all steeler bars or green bay packer bars. where are the ravens fans? >> reporter: so he started a group in northern virginia for ravens fans. >> we're actually at 237 members. >> reporter: they meet for away games at rock bottom

brewery in arlington. they don't get heckled much. >> i was out yesterday wearing a ravens hat. somebody ran by and gave me a thumbs up. >> reporter: that's what it's like to be a ravens fan around here, but what if you're a die hard redskins fan? then what do you do on super bowl sunday? >> san francisco. >> reporter: why? >> i'm just not a baltimore fan. >> reporter: baltimore is not that far way from d.c. so why not still a home team? >> i really don't want to get into too much discussion, but just some of the people on the team i don't like. >> reporter: how long you been a redskins fan? >> 1975. >> reporter: that's a long time. >> yes. >> reporter: who you rooting for in the super bowl? >> have to go with the hometown ravens, baltimore just because i live in maryland now and they're the closest thing to the redskins. >> reporter: but skins fans are still waiting to see this guy, their superstar, in a super bowl. in washington beth parker, fox 5 news.

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police are looking into allegations that singer chris brown assaulted singer frank ocean. los angeles police say brown and ocean's entourages got into a fight over a parking spot and things escalated. ocean says brown jumped him and he suffered a cut finger. police in ft. lauderdale are trying to figure out who fired shots at rapper rick ross. someone targeted the rapper in a drive-by shooting early this morning. ross was driving his rolls royce and crashed into